Teachers across Ontario area expected to wear black Thursday in protest, on the one-month anniversary of the province’s controversial Bill 115, which freezes wages and bans striking.

The bill, known as the Putting Students First Act, imposes a contract on Ontario’s elementary and secondary teachers. It freezes the wages of teachers and 50,000 support stuff for two years. It also bans strikes for two years and ends their ability to bank sick days.

Also on Thursday, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, the Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union will hold a news conference in Toronto.

Presidents of all four unions will be on hand to outline actions being taken to “defend the rights of working Ontarians.”

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